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From: John Foliot
Date: Aug 3, 2011 1:36PM

Lucy Greco wrote:
>
> Think about this for a second I and many
> screen reader users do not have punctuation turned on it's too verbose
> to listen to. So now think about how a person using a screen reader
> might know how to tell what is new and what is quoted text.

It strikes me that this should be a feature/function of your software
combinations. With no offense intended Lucy, I am troubled by authors
creating content that is specifically targeted to one user-group. I
understand that the redundancy factor that screen-reader users must deal
with can be tiring, but top-posting also introduces cognition issues for
other users. Once again, this is why I choose to use inter-leaved
responses to trimmed posts, as it attempts to find a balance that works
for all users, and not just screen reader users.


> Please people
> could we try and top post in most cases. Or if you must answer inline
> which I know needs to happen many times prefix your comments with
> something other than punctuation.

Such as? Most text-based email clients I know of (and I generally avoid
HTML-rich email) use the greater-than symbol, although (at least in
Outlook) that can be changed to something else. What would you recommend
instead? But just like in HTML, when it comes to email remember POUR -
Perceivable, Operable, Understandable and Robust. Top posting hurts in the
Perceivable and Understandable departments (IMHO)

JF